Memorial

Second Lieutenant V J Austin

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Current Location

St Martin's Church, North Holmes Road, Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1PW, England

TR 15860 57760

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 1148
Description: Bronze plaque set within a marble frame. Additional smaller bronze plaque added at the base of the frame. Face and figure on the plaque with an angel at the top.
Inscription: MAIN PLAQUE: TO THE MEMORY OF \ VERNON JAMES AUSTIN \ A SECOND LIEUTENANT OF THE \ 22ND BATTERY. 34 BRIGADE. ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY / BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. / BORN NOV. 21ST 1893, / KILLED IN ACTION AT LA BASSE, FRANCE / ON JANUARY 26TH 1915. / AGED 21 YEARS. / A PROBATIONER SCHOLAR OF KINGS SCHOOL CANTERBURY 1907-9. HIS REMAINS ARE INTERRED IN THIS CHURCHYARD. / "AND THEY THAT LIVED SHALL HONOURED LIVE / AND THEY THAT FALL TO THEM WE GIVE / PROUD-HEARTED WHILE WEEP / A WORTHIER HOMAGE THAN OUR YEARS, / THE DEATHLESS MEMORY OF YEARS / TO CROWN THEIR GLORIOUS SLEEP" (EXACT LINE SPACING UNKNOWN) ADDITIONAL PLAQUE: THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF A BRAVE SOLDIER BY THE EMPLOYEES OF THE AUSTIN MOTOR COMPANY OF BIRMINGHAM LONDON MACHESTER AND NORWICH (EXACT LINE SPACING UNKNOWN)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, surname, forenames, regiment, place of death, place of burial, manner of death, date of birth, age, additional

Frame

Height: 490MM

Width: 310MM

Depth: 40MM

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

Plaques

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good